Elaine Ní Bhraonáin
Irish Cultural and Neonatal Advocate
Elaine Ní Bhraonáin is a passionate advocate for Irish culture with advanced degrees in both the Irish language and the study of Irish American culture. Originally from Dublin, she now lives in Ballymoney, Wexford but returns regularly to her native city to teach Irish to Notre Dame study abroad students. In addition to her championing of all things Irish, Elaine is a volunteer for the Irish Neonatal Health Alliance.
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July 11, 2022
S4E4: Elaine Ní Bhraonáin PhD - Irish Language, Irish In NYC & A Mother With A Story To Tell
Our conversation with the warm and welcoming Elaine Ní Bhraonáin takes us from her childhood in South County, Dublin, to New York’s lively Irish scene, to bucolic Ballymoney on the north Wexford coast where she and her husband raise their three healthy children after three difficult pregnancies. She talks about being raised in a home where the paternal language was Irish and the maternal tongue was English, growing up as an Irish language “geek” who would earn B.A. and M.A. degrees in Irish l...
Guest: Elaine Ní Bhraonáin